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Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
I had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with Xander Tabler, a well known member of the Star Wars Unlimited team at FFG who recently took on the role of the game's Organized Play Manager!
In this new role, Xander has a direct hand in the game's event planning from the local level to the Galactic Championship, and sets up the prizing the drives so many players to compete. Listen in to hear about his philosophy in the role, lessons learned from past seasons, and plans for the game going into 2026 with new facets like Set Rotation, the Eternal Format, and the Twin Suns Preconstructed Decks!
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Xander's New Role at FFG
2:07 The Importance of Organized Play
4:02 Improvements from Last Season
8:00 The Future of Prizing
10:05 Promo Character Choice
12:49 Limited Format in Major Organized Play
15:30 Draft and Leaderboards
19:15 The Future of Local Organized Play
24:13 New Borders on Promos?
26:28 Rotation & Formats in Major OP Events
32:14 Xander's Favorite Secrets of Power Deck
35:16 Outro
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I had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with Xander Tabler, a well known member of the Star Wars Unlimited team at FFG who recently took on the role of the game's Organized Play Manager!
In this new role, Xander has a direct hand in the game's event planning from the local level to the Galactic Championship, and sets up the prizing the drives so many players to compete. Listen in to hear about his philosophy in the role, lessons learned from past seasons, and plans for the game going into 2026 with new facets like Set Rotation, the Eternal Format, and the Twin Suns Preconstructed Decks!
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Xander's New Role at FFG
2:07 The Importance of Organized Play
4:02 Improvements from Last Season
8:00 The Future of Prizing
10:05 Promo Character Choice
12:49 Limited Format in Major Organized Play
15:30 Draft and Leaderboards
19:15 The Future of Local Organized Play
24:13 New Borders on Promos?
26:28 Rotation & Formats in Major OP Events
32:14 Xander's Favorite Secrets of Power Deck
35:16 Outro
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![ETERNAL PQs and PROMO PLANS! An Interview with FFGs Xander Tabler [Star Wars Unlimited]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ASLG3V65a18/mqdefault.jpg "ETERNAL PQs and PROMO PLANS! An Interview with FFGs Xander Tabler [Star Wars Unlimited]
I had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with Xander Tabler, a well known member of the Star Wars Unlimited team at FFG who recently took on the role of the games Organized Play Manager!
In this new role, Xander has a direct hand in the games event planning from the local level to the Galactic Championship, and sets up the prizing the drives so many players to compete. Listen in to hear about his philosophy in the role, lessons learned from past seasons, and plans for the game going into 2026 with new facets like Set Rotation, the Eternal Format, and the Twin Suns Preconstructed Decks!
Want to buy SWU Product or Gamegenic Accessories? Get 5% off at our LGS - and free shipping when spending over $100! Just use the link below:
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Xanders New Role at FFG
2:07 The Importance of Organized Play
4:02 Improvements from Last Season
8:00 The Future of Prizing
10:05 Promo Character Choice
12:49 Limited Format in Major Organized Play
15:30 Draft and Leaderboards
19:15 The Future of Local Organized Play
24:13 New Borders on Promos?
26:28 Rotation & Formats in Major OP Events
32:14 Xanders Favorite Secrets of Power Deck
35:16 Outro
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![CALL the STORM! Wind Slimes Silvie Deck Profile + Gameplay! [Grand Archive TCG]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EAsASsv8OTY/mqdefault.jpg "CALL the STORM! Wind Slimes Silvie Deck Profile + Gameplay! [Grand Archive TCG]
The Slimes deck has always been one of my favorites in Grand Archive - pretty straightforward, satisfying to play, and always fairly budget-friendly as well!
With the new Slime support in Radiant Origins - as well as the shifting of the ban list as Baby Gray Slime became unbanned and Baby Green Slime became banned - its time to revisit Slimes, as right now, its having its best showing in a long time in many competitive events!
This WIND slimes list is one you could easily take to a Regional, and focuses more on both gaining early card advantage and re-using your key slimes like Storm Slime. This is not the only effective Slime list though - great early results are being shown for Fire and Norm as well, with Water in the wings!
But despite it being a different element, a lot of the core slime philosophies are here - so dig in and learn many of the tricks through both our profile AND 15-minute commentated gameplay at the end, and take them to your own Slime list in your personal favorite element!
Decklist on TCGArchitect: https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive/decks/019dac99-9347-719e-87b0-3ce635bd19a2
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0:00 Intro
1:09 Material Deck
12:07 Main Deck
32:40 Sideboard
35:52 Gameplay vs Serene Wind Astra Arisanna
The ULTIMATE How to Play Grand Archive video: https://youtu.be/I_MjH_qyVcI
For more Grand Archive info and resources, check out all the links below:
🎴 ** THE OFFICIAL GATCG WEBSITE! ** 🎴
https://www.gatcg.com
📕 ** GATCG RULES ONLINE ** 📕
👇 Official Getting Started:
https://www.gatcg.com/article/getting-started
👇 Official Comprehensive Rules:
https://rules.gatcg.com/
👥 **GATCG COMMUNITY** 👥
👇 Join the Discords below:
MAINDECK DISCORD: https://discord.maindeck.games
GRAND ARCHIVE DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/grandarchivetcg
👇 GATCG Facebook Community:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/grandarchivetcg/
💻 ** Deck Builders! ** 💻
https://silvie.org/
https://shoutatyourdecks.com/
👇 Grand Archive TCG Analysis and Other Tools!
https://silvie.gg/
👇 GATCG Tournament Results:
https://fractalofin.site/
#GrandArchive #TCG #GATCG #tradingcardgame
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